As the F1 paddock filled up on Saturday morning ahead of the Qatar event’s sprint race action, the FIA announced that Pirelli had discovered a serious risk of potential dramatic punctures during Sunday’s main race following its post-practice analysis of tyres that had completed over 20 laps in Friday’s FP1 session.
In this communication, it was revealed that Pirelli would analyse the state of the tyres used in Saturday’s 19-lap sprint race, which took place with revised track limits at two of the corners where raised pyramid-shaped kerbs were particularly pounding the tyres.
